Free lunches offered in summer program in St. Charles and St. John parishes

St. Charles and St. John the Baptist parishes are participating in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s summer food service program for students ages 18 and younger. Free, hot meals are being provided Mondays through Thursdays through July 12 in each parish. There is no registration or fee to participate.

The program, in its 22nd year in St. Charles, is sponsored by the St. Charles Parish Department of Community Services and the state Department of Education. The St. Charles Parish School System and St. Charles Parish Sheriff’s Office are project partners.

Free bus transportation is available to all school sites. For information, call 985.764.7944.

In St. John, the St. John Parish Department of Community Services and the state Department of Education, working with local schools, have set up several sites throughout the parish. Lunch will be served from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sites are East St. John Elementary, 400 Ory Drive, LaPlace; Garyville-Mount Airy Magnet, 240 Louisiana 54, Mount Airy; Fifth Ward Elementary, 158 Panther Drive, Reserve; Lake Pontchartrain Elementary, 3328 U.S. 51, LaPlace; New Wine Christian Center, 2003 W. Airline Highway, LaPlace; and West St. John Elementary, 2555 Louisiana 18, Edgard.

Breakfast also is available from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. at Garyville/Mt. Airy Magnet, New Wine Christian Center and East St. John Elementary.